Re: BSD Licensed files in Linux kernel.

From: Eric Warmenhoven (warmenhoven@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 19:14:43 EST


Lee Chin wrote:
>
> Does this mean to say that If I link my application with glibc, I have to
> gove away my code under either GPL or a more liberal licence?
>

IIRC, glibc is licensed under the L-GPL, which lets you link it without
mandating a GPL license on your software. If glibc had been licensed
under the GPL, that would be the case.

Last I remember seeing though, RMS was trying to convince people not to
use the LGPL.

Eric

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